US dealer, Nigerien in court over Nigeria’s arms deal

A Nigerien Hima Aboubakar and a United States arms dealer Ara Dolarin are currently in court over a $246 million (N77.55 billion) Nigerian arms procurement contract – Aboubakar filed a suit against the US-based dealer before a court in California.

The Nigerien alleged that Dolarian failed to ship bombs and rockets worth $8.6 million (N2.7 billion) to the Nigerian military A Nigerien Hima Aboubakar and a United States arms dealer Ara Dolarin are currently in court over a $246 million (N77.55 billion) Nigerian arms procurement contract, Punch reports.

NAIJ.com gathered that the contract which was approved in 2014 was meant for supply of weapons, helicopters, bombs and ammunition to be used in the fight against insurgency in the North-East.

However, the contract packed up a year after and the arms were never delivered which led the Aboubakar filing a suit against the US-based dealer before a court in California.

Source: NAIJ.com

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists.